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For the last couple of months my display doesn't clear to the background when a window is closed or minimized. It shows the trail of the window. This was after a update. It also seems to work normally every fourth or fifth update. What is causing this?

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sudo lshw | grep -A9 VGA:

description: VGA compatible controller
                product: RS880 [Radeon HD 4200]
                vendor: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI]
                physical id: 5
                bus info: pci@0000:01:05.0
                version: 00
                width: 32 bits
                clock: 33MHz
                capabilities: pm msi vga_controller bus_master cap_list rom
                configuration: driver=radeon latency=0
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You could try a less demanding Desktop Environment such as Gnome, LXDE, XFCE, or even OpenBox These have been known to work quite well on older systems.

Sources: Can i replace my desktop environment?

http://www.howtogeek.com/107368/how-to-install-the-lightweight-lxde-desktop-on-ubuntu/

https://www.liquidweb.com/kb/how-to-install-the-xfce-desktop-environment-on-ubuntu-14-04-lts/

http://linux.about.com/od/howtos/tp/How-To-Install-And-Configure-Openbox-Using-Ubuntu.htm

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